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« on: March 23, 2008, 12:39:26 PM »
I'm getting stuck on the superhard c# assignment 6, but on the easy stuff.

I have this code...

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  1. // Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file.
  2. // The using statement also closes the StreamReader.
  3. using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fileToEncryptText.Text))
  4. {
  5.     // Temp string for lines
  6.     string line;
  7.  
  8.     // Create an array list for the file contents
  9.     ArrayList fileContentsArrayList;
  10.  
  11.     int i = 0;
  12.  
  13.     // Read and display lines from the file until the end of 
  14.     // the file is reached.
  15.     while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
  16.     {
  17.         // Place line into array
  18.         fileContentsArrayList.Add(line);
  19.  
  20.         // Increase [i]
  21.         i++;
  22.  
  23.         //encryptOutputText.Text += encrypt.EncryptSingleLine(line) + "\r\n";
  24.     }
  25.  
  26.     // Convert ArrayList into an Array
  27.     string[] fileContentsArray = (string[])fileContentsArrayList.ToArray();
  28. }

but it isn't compiling due to 'Use of unassigned local variable fileContentsArrayList'. I know this is because there is a possibility that using() doesn't run and nothing gets put into it.

My problem is that I can't really add anything into the array to initialise it that isn't part of the streamreader. So how can I make sure that it initialises without breaking what the program does?

Many thanks  Kiss
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2008, 03:49:30 PM »
Are you sure that the problem is 'Use of unassigned local variable'? That message isn't an error, just a warning, so it wouldn't prevent compilation. However, I do see a different error.

What I do see is that you've only declared fileContentsArrayList at line 9. That is, you've created a variable by that name, that can hold a reference to an object of type ArrayList. But, despite your comment on line #8, you have not actually created an instance of such an object for your variable to point at.

What you want at line #9 is
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2008, 06:09:07 PM »
That's the error message that is stopping compiling, but you have fixed the error. It now compiles and I thank you smiley
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2008, 06:48:00 PM »
You understand the difference between a variable representing a reference to the object, and thus requiring a separate step to actually create the object that it references? This is pretty key to understanding what's going on with C#.
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2008, 05:49:40 AM »
I admit that I do have a lot of trouble with that.

My GF comes from a Java background and finds all this very easy but I come from an actionscript / PHP background that just doesn't have these things.

But then that's why I love this forum. It has helpful people that don't mind sharing knowledge.
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« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2008, 09:08:11 PM »
Quote from: mediaguycouk on March 24, 2008, 05:49:40 AM
...I come from an actionscript / PHP background that just doesn't have these things...

Once you get used to this kind of stuff in C#, and see how really well designed it is, you'll shake your head and wonder about dynamically typed languages like PHP. Not that there's anything wrong with dynamic types and the like, but static typing is really just a lot easier to deal with.

I've done both kinds of languages, and I really do prefer static typing. It just seems neater and cleaner.

Kind of as an aside, in C# you can also do things like this:

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  1. private void Something(MyCustomClass thing)
  2. {
  3.     MyCustomClass temp;
  4.     temp = thing;
  5. }

It's a similar issue to what you have above.
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